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The curvature of a regular surface patch is expressed through its metric data, showing that bending preserving those data preserves Gaussian curvature.
Scientific scope
The curvature of a regular surface patch is expressed through its metric data, showing that bending preserving those data preserves Gaussian curvature. This is a local metric-invariance statement, not equality of global shapes or a general embedding theorem. The inspected source is the 1902 translation of the work presented in 1827 and printed in 1828.
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Source-linked, scoped account of the original work. The published scope states the scientific assumptions and remaining verification limits. WRS has not independently certified the full proof, experimental result or system benchmark.
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- Carl Friedrich Gauss · SCIENCE: Original source-listed scientific author of this scoped work; byline does not determine effort fractions.
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